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obama had everything to lose. but he was essentially playing the type of old defense everyone knows doesn't do anything to prevent you from winning. so he thought he was up by a touchdown and decided to give up all this yardage and hope they didn't score. we'll see in the polls how much of a bump romney got. there's no doubt romney is going to get a 2, 3, maybe 4 bump out of this. what's interesting is it puts all the pressure on joe biden next week. who would have thought joe biden would be the savior. this is joe's moment coming up. >> supporters of the president, the only defense they'll be using is john kerry won in the first debate and george bush wound up in the presidency. how many undecided voters out there? enough to sway the vote in. >> if i'm in the obama campaign, i'm very worried about this. even though the polls say they are 5 or 6% undecided voters. the committed voters is only in about the 60s. that's a big gap of people who can shift and stay home and do something else. you've got to remote vat th
obama had everything to lose. but he was essentially playing the type of old defense everyone knows doesn't do anything to prevent you from winning. so he thought he was up by a touchdown and decided to give up all this yardage and hope they didn't score. we'll see in the polls how much of a bump romney got. there's no doubt romney is going to get a 2, 3, maybe 4 bump out of this. what's interesting is it puts all the pressure on joe biden next week. who would have thought joe biden would be...
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mitt romney and president obama will square way tonightonight at the debates. both of them are trying to keep their expectations low so they both can come out good. there stating that is not about winning. the debate will pressure the challenger. the debate will make both of them be accountable for their statements as far as the facts and details. mitt romney is the underdog and he should be ready for the issues. both candidates are aware that every response counts. you have to watch the whole thing unfold on crime for news on comcast 193. we will have the whole debate on interrupted at 6:00 p.m. tonight. >> i we will talk we wiwith our political adviser. >> 6:45 a.m.. the firefighters are wrapping up a house fire that happened in bberkeley. >> a string of mur have the oakmurders have the oakland police investigating. >> a big win for the oakland a's who beat the rangers 3 to 1. travis blakely only allowed one run. they a's share with. the deciding game is today. >> watching wall street with rob black. i want to start with t mobil. they have a merger and what y
mitt romney and president obama will square way tonightonight at the debates. both of them are trying to keep their expectations low so they both can come out good. there stating that is not about winning. the debate will pressure the challenger. the debate will make both of them be accountable for their statements as far as the facts and details. mitt romney is the underdog and he should be ready for the issues. both candidates are aware that every response counts. you have to watch the whole...
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president obama prepared with john kerry. >> the poll shows president obama with a four point lead over mitt romney. the general election 48.8 percent of registered vargas said they favor president obama 44.6 percent said they favor mitt romney. you can watch the debate the entire thing on our 247 news channel that is this wednesday 6:00 p.m. to an end to comcast 193 or digital 4.2. >> bar registration fraud consulting a n party. they're producing questionable registration forms. hundreds and possibly thousands of registration packets before their election. checking out temperatures around the bay area san jose, there still traffic at the 1187 interchange. close to 70 yen traffic at the 1187 interchange. close to 70 yen at san joseli cing up to [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. call at&t now to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with
president obama prepared with john kerry. >> the poll shows president obama with a four point lead over mitt romney. the general election 48.8 percent of registered vargas said they favor president obama 44.6 percent said they favor mitt romney. you can watch the debate the entire thing on our 247 news channel that is this wednesday 6:00 p.m. to an end to comcast 193 or digital 4.2. >> bar registration fraud consulting a n party. they're producing questionable registration forms....
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. >> obama care is on my list, i apologize. >> if you repeal obama care, if you repeal it, what happens is those seniors right away are going to pay $600 more in prescription care, the beneficiary is insurance c ompanies that are estimated to gain billions of dollars back. >> the bay area republicans watching. romney supporters think that their candidates accomplished his goals for the first debate. >> mitt romney has don -- did a fantastic job of making his points and his plans and f airness to every american. >> so the republican watchers at this party last night feel like their candidate came off looking better than the president. so that is our republican side. we also brought you the d emocratic party about 1/2 hour ago. it was a good showing for both sides. >> there will be two more d ebates, the next will be a town hall style format with an opportunity for those to ask questions of the candidates. it will be a chance for vice president joe biden to go ahead with paul ryan as they hash out some of the policies from both camps. that will be held on o ctober 11th in danville kentuck
. >> obama care is on my list, i apologize. >> if you repeal obama care, if you repeal it, what happens is those seniors right away are going to pay $600 more in prescription care, the beneficiary is insurance c ompanies that are estimated to gain billions of dollars back. >> the bay area republicans watching. romney supporters think that their candidates accomplished his goals for the first debate. >> mitt romney has don -- did a fantastic job of making his points and...
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. >> of >>this just in to the kron 4 news room president obama is delivering campaign remarks. mentioning the drops of the nation's unemployment rate. 7.8% but of course that was well received. and he says that the work is not done. he needed to stay in office. let us listen. to my opponent was doing some sidestepping, and even got an extreme makeover. but the bottom line is that with the top down economics that we have seen before. he thinks that if we spend another trillion dollars a galatians on wall street that we will the find. with the deficit this appearing and jobs repairing. however, as he has been opposiopposing- presenting this plans. but how he would hold that deficit. >> the debate is scheduled next on october 16th will have that for you, live. go to our new channel. comcast 193 for the latest news, weather and traffic updates and to watch all the presidential speeches. uninterrupted. and on digital 4.2. and ioctober 11th. we will continue to follow this and let you know of anything to go to. >> 8:26 board with more bay 4 news contra costa health officials are on a
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. >>> barack obama and mitt romney are making final preparations right now for their first presidential debate scheduled to begin in less than six hours. it will be held at 6:00 our time, at the university of denver. workers are putting the finishing touches on the stage this morning as both men checked out the setting. both sides agree expectations could play a big role in who people consider to be the winner. >> governor romney is probably a little bit the under dog but i think he will be ready and he's going to be ready on the issues which is really what this election is about. >> i think that expectations are probably working a little bit against us and more for mitt romney right now but at the end of the day i think that the winner is going to be declared by the american people based on what these two candidates say. >> this is the first of three debates between the presidential nominees. the vice president shall nominees also have a debate that happens next tuesday. you can watch tonights presidential debate on ktvu channel 2. our coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. we'll be streaming th
. >>> barack obama and mitt romney are making final preparations right now for their first presidential debate scheduled to begin in less than six hours. it will be held at 6:00 our time, at the university of denver. workers are putting the finishing touches on the stage this morning as both men checked out the setting. both sides agree expectations could play a big role in who people consider to be the winner. >> governor romney is probably a little bit the under dog but i think...
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president obama took the day off. he and the first lady are celebrating their 20th 20th anniversary today. the marital milestone fell on wednesday-october 3rd. the president was preoccupied. >> i just want to wish, sweety, you happy anniversary, and letout know a year from now we will not be celebrating in front of 40 million people. >> yesterday it was the runningg mate -- running mates. >> you have policy wonk in paul ryan, and joe biden, everyone's uncle. >> ama: president obama will be in the bay area next week for another fundraiser, taking part in a concert and rally monday at san francisco's bill graham auditorium. tickets start at $100 and go as high as $5,700. >> cal berkeley used tonight's homecoming football game to rededicate memorial stadium. ♪ >> since 1923 the stadium had been dedicated to all californiaons who died in world war 124e678 stadium recently re-opened after a $321 million renovation and is now dedicated to all californians who subray identifiesed their lives in service to the nags. leigh g
president obama took the day off. he and the first lady are celebrating their 20th 20th anniversary today. the marital milestone fell on wednesday-october 3rd. the president was preoccupied. >> i just want to wish, sweety, you happy anniversary, and letout know a year from now we will not be celebrating in front of 40 million people. >> yesterday it was the runningg mate -- running mates. >> you have policy wonk in paul ryan, and joe biden, everyone's uncle. >> ama:...
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president obama took the day off. he and the first lady are celebrating their 20th 20th anniversary today. the marital milestone fell on wednesday-october 3rd. the president was preoccupied. >> i just want to wish, sweety, you happy anniversary, and letout know a year from now we will not be celebrating in front of 40 million people. >> yesterday it was the runningg mate -- running mates. >> you have policy wonk in paul ryan, and joe biden, everyone's uncle. >> ama: president obama will be in the bay area next week for another fundraiser, taking part in a concert and rally monday at san francisco's bill graham auditorium. tickets start at $100 and go as high as $5,700. >> cal berkeley used tonight's homecoming football game to rededicate memorial stadium. ♪ >> since 1923 the stadium had been dedicated to all californiaons who died in world war 124e678 stadium recently re-opened after a $321 million renovation and is now dedicated to all californians who subray identifiesed their lives in service to the nags. leigh g
president obama took the day off. he and the first lady are celebrating their 20th 20th anniversary today. the marital milestone fell on wednesday-october 3rd. the president was preoccupied. >> i just want to wish, sweety, you happy anniversary, and letout know a year from now we will not be celebrating in front of 40 million people. >> yesterday it was the runningg mate -- running mates. >> you have policy wonk in paul ryan, and joe biden, everyone's uncle. >> ama:...
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but the all-important unemployment rate fell to 7.8% the lowest since president obama took office. officials at the white house say there is still more work to be done on the jobs front but insists the latest report is proof the economy is headed in the right direction. >> today's news certainly is not an excuse to try to talk down the economy to score a few political points. it's a reminder that this country has come too far to turn back now. >> reporter: campaigning in virginia, gop white house hopeful mitt romney dismissed the unemployment rate falling below 8%. >> the reason it's come down this year is primarily due to the fact that more and more people have just stopped looking for work. >> reporter: economists say unemployment fell in part because more people have landed part-time work. that's what keenan han does. >> if i can get six months ahead, i can go back to montana. >> reporter: there is one more jobs report before election day. tara mergener, cbs news, the white house. >>> a moraga teen's quest to become an eagle scout is over since he told family, friends and a boy
but the all-important unemployment rate fell to 7.8% the lowest since president obama took office. officials at the white house say there is still more work to be done on the jobs front but insists the latest report is proof the economy is headed in the right direction. >> today's news certainly is not an excuse to try to talk down the economy to score a few political points. it's a reminder that this country has come too far to turn back now. >> reporter: campaigning in virginia,...
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obama, romney and just vote. >> have had a lot of cupcakes already this morning. jill martin, thanks so much. good fun finds as always. coming up next, answers to your money questions on how to get out from under credit card debt but first these messages. ♪ [ sighs ] hey! come on! what? i've been skimming mac and cheese for 75 years. 75? yeah. i'm only 45. i have another family. what?! what. ♪ [ male announcer ] celebrating seventy-five years of gooey, creamy delicious kraft macaroni & cheese. you know you love it. of gooey, creamy delicious kraft macaroni & cheese. why they're always there to talk. i love you, james. don't you love me? i'm a robot. i know. i know you're a robot! but there's more in you than just circuits and wires! uhhh. (cries) a machine can't give you what a person can. that's why ally has knowledgeable people there for you, night and day. ally bank. your money needs an ally. i'm home! [ baby crying ] everything's fine. [ male announcer ] of all the things that happen on your wooden surfaces, disinfecting has to be one of them. clorox disin
obama, romney and just vote. >> have had a lot of cupcakes already this morning. jill martin, thanks so much. good fun finds as always. coming up next, answers to your money questions on how to get out from under credit card debt but first these messages. ♪ [ sighs ] hey! come on! what? i've been skimming mac and cheese for 75 years. 75? yeah. i'm only 45. i have another family. what?! what. ♪ [ male announcer ] celebrating seventy-five years of gooey, creamy delicious kraft macaroni...
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he wasn't as specific as obama, but he set out to attack obama more. >> a political science professor from san jose state says she thinks romney will get a bump in the polls from this debate. coming up at 6:00, we'll take a look at some of those polls and what they're saying about each of the candidates' performance. for continuing coverage from the debate just go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. we have posted the transcripts of that full debate as well as analysis from political experts. >>> next up, the presidevice presidential candidates will square off on october 11th. >>> a deadly night on san jose streets as police investigate two separate homicides. the first one happened around 8:30 near south 2nd and san fernando street. police found a man unconscious on a sidewalk. he may have been involved in a fight. at this point it is not exactly clear how he died. the second homicide happening in east san jose on south jackson avenue. investigators say somebody shot and killed a man outside of his home. right now we have a live look at that area. police are still on the scene investigat
he wasn't as specific as obama, but he set out to attack obama more. >> a political science professor from san jose state says she thinks romney will get a bump in the polls from this debate. coming up at 6:00, we'll take a look at some of those polls and what they're saying about each of the candidates' performance. for continuing coverage from the debate just go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. we have posted the transcripts of that full debate as well as analysis from political experts....
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he kept cutting off president obama. i think he didn't have any solid points. >> reporter: at times, the two men appeared to be battling over the facts or numbers which professor jackson says is confusing for the average voter. but she says the debate is also about how voters feel about the candidate. and that's where she says romney gained ground. counteracting the image of the out of touch rich guy which has plagued him throughout his campaign. >> coming across as caring and sympathetic and trustworthy was something that romney needed to do, and i think that he did do a good job. >> reporter: professor jackson predicts that romney will get a slight bump in the polls after this debate. and where that really matters is in those swing states where the two men are separated by only a couple of percentage points. live in san jose, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >>> perhaps the harshest performance criticism of the night is being aimed at debate moderator jim lehrer who at times struggled to wrangle the candidates. he eve
he kept cutting off president obama. i think he didn't have any solid points. >> reporter: at times, the two men appeared to be battling over the facts or numbers which professor jackson says is confusing for the average voter. but she says the debate is also about how voters feel about the candidate. and that's where she says romney gained ground. counteracting the image of the out of touch rich guy which has plagued him throughout his campaign. >> coming across as caring and...
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president obama took the day off. they were planning to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. the marital milestone fell on wednesday, october 3rd but the president was a bit reoccupied. >> i just want to wish, sweetie, you happy anniversary and a year from now we will not be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. >> this week it's the running mates turn in the pressure cooker. the vice presidential debate is set for thursday night. >> there will be a fireworks. you have joe biden who is sort of everyone's uncle, for better or worse. abc news, washington. >> president obama will be in the bay area this week for another fundraiser. he will be taking part in a concert and rally tomorrow at san francisco's bill graham's civic auditorium. tickets start at $100 and go as high as $7,500. at 8:00 this morning, about an hour:45 from now get the bottom lean on the first debate and look ahead to the next one on the round table a george stephanopoulos at 8:00 right here on abc7. lisa argen joins us now and we are talking about similar to yesterday, maybe a tick upwards, perhaps, i
president obama took the day off. they were planning to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. the marital milestone fell on wednesday, october 3rd but the president was a bit reoccupied. >> i just want to wish, sweetie, you happy anniversary and a year from now we will not be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. >> this week it's the running mates turn in the pressure cooker. the vice presidential debate is set for thursday night. >> there will be a fireworks. you...
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president obama took the day off. they were planning to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. the marital milestone fell on wednesday, october 3rd, but reoccupied. >> i just want to wish, sweetie, you happy anniversary and a year from now we will not be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. >> this week it's the running mates turn in the pressure cooker. the vice presidential debate is set for thursday night. >> there will be a fireworks. you have a policy wonk in ryan, and you have joe biden who is sort of everyone's uncle, for better or worse. abc news, washington. >> president obama will be in the bay area this week for another fundraiser. he will be taking part in a concert and rally tomorrow at san francisco's bill graham's civic auditorium. tickets start at $100 and go as high as $7,500. the two presidential campaigns hit the morning talk shows." most analysts believe in the debates romney scored a victory over the president. here's george stephanopoulos this morning. >> i think the president understood that he had been performed up to his own expectations pretty
president obama took the day off. they were planning to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. the marital milestone fell on wednesday, october 3rd, but reoccupied. >> i just want to wish, sweetie, you happy anniversary and a year from now we will not be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. >> this week it's the running mates turn in the pressure cooker. the vice presidential debate is set for thursday night. >> there will be a fireworks. you have a policy wonk in...
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some obama allies telling me that the president last night seemed tired and bored. >> president obama and governor romney. [ applause ] >> reporter: it was a sweet start for the president, for what would end up something of a bitter pill. >> i just want to wish, sweetie, you, happy anniversary. and let you know, a year from now, we won't be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. >> i'm sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine. here with me. so i -- congratulations. >> reporter: and with that, former governor mitt romney began an aggressive prosecution of the last four years. invoking vice president biden's own word for what has happened to the middle class. >> under the president's policies, middle-income americans are being buried. they're being crushed. >> reporter: and attacking the president's health care bill. >> i don't know how he could come into office, facing 23 million people out of work, and spend his energy and passion fighting for obama care, instead of fighting for jobs for the american people. >> reporter: the obama campaign felt good about moments
some obama allies telling me that the president last night seemed tired and bored. >> president obama and governor romney. [ applause ] >> reporter: it was a sweet start for the president, for what would end up something of a bitter pill. >> i just want to wish, sweetie, you, happy anniversary. and let you know, a year from now, we won't be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. >> i'm sure this was the most romantic place you could imagine. here with me. so i --...
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. >> and campaign news from the democratic side, aides announced president obama raised a record $181 million in september. the president will continue raising money tomorrow in los angeles. he nissan francisco monday night for a couldn't certain fundraiser at the bill graham auditorium. >>> the man who served as the pope's butler is now serving time. he was convicted in a vatican city court offing a aggravated t for leaking confidential papal documents and has been ordered to serve out his sentence in a prison. he cold the court he wanted to explosion wrong-doing and corruption and gave the documents to an italian journalist. police found more than a thousand important documents in his apartment. some signed by pope benedict and some thriebled be destroyed. >> fast-moving evebtses to bring accused terrorists to justice. just hours ago five terror suspects faced federal judges after coming from britain. here's the latest. [shouting] >> radical preacher stood before the federal judge face charges of conspiring to set up a terror training camp in oregon, and kidnapping 16 towerrizess --
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obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> good morning, america. clash of the candidates. governor romney and president obama face off on the economy, jobs, even big bird. the challenger, on offense. >> you're entitled to your own airplane, and your own house. but not your own facts. >> five weeks before the election, he's saying his big, bold idea is never mind. >> did romney turn the race around? our powerhouse political team here live with all the latest. >>> home invasion. reports of shots fired at ashton kutcher's hollywood mansion. the s.w.a.t. team come in to arrest three employees at gunpoint. was it a high-stakes robbery or a hoax? >>> meet the bully. the man behind the e-mail who sparked national outrage. he's not backing down. what he's saying to her now. and how she's firing back. >>> and let's get ready to rumble. two titans of television, o'reilly and stewart, just days away from their own supersmackdown. just hours before
obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> good morning, america. clash of the candidates. governor romney and president obama face off on the economy, jobs, even big bird. the challenger, on offense. >> you're entitled to your own airplane, and your own house. but not your own facts. >> five weeks before the election, he's saying his big, bold idea is never mind. >> did romney turn the race...
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was an off night for president obama and a knockout for mitt romney and yet obama supporters are here by the thousand this morning. he is speaking to them and they look energized, so colorado a very big state, obama seems to be pulling ahead. it is a swing state and he is in california and san francisco on monday fund-raising. >> that's right. this was focused on domestic issues and they got bogged down on issues, there were key issues not mentioned like immigration, woman's issues gay marriage. why do you think that was? >> you are right. i think that was very striking. not even mentioned was the 47% comment, mitt romney's controversial comment. i think the moderator tried to keep them in control but wasn't successful at times. you had attacks and counter attacks going on. it was a civil debate but didn't cover ground. there are two more left, both of them town hall type formats and we will see more of those issues discussed in the next two. >> what are their advisors telling them? what do they need to do to get ready for the next debate? >> republicans are pumped. this was a must wi
was an off night for president obama and a knockout for mitt romney and yet obama supporters are here by the thousand this morning. he is speaking to them and they look energized, so colorado a very big state, obama seems to be pulling ahead. it is a swing state and he is in california and san francisco on monday fund-raising. >> that's right. this was focused on domestic issues and they got bogged down on issues, there were key issues not mentioned like immigration, woman's issues gay...
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obama's biggest leads are in ohio, new hampshire, and iowa. of course, this could change in the weeks to come. the tightest races at this point are nevada and north carolina. the national average of those polled has president obama with a 49.5%, the potential vote 44% for romney. >>>in this weekend's presidential address president obama is calling on congress to help homeowners. >> last week mortgage rates were at historic lows. but instead of helping more and more hard working families take advantage of those rates. congress was away on break. instead of worrying about you they had already gone home to worry about their campaigns. >> the president says congress has yet to act on legislation he sent them in february that would save homeowners about $3000 a year on their mortgages. >>> the first presidential debate is wednesday at the university of denver. right now construction crews are busyworking on the main floor, the stage and the lighting while president obama campaigns in nevada tomorrow, romney will spend the weekend preparing for that
obama's biggest leads are in ohio, new hampshire, and iowa. of course, this could change in the weeks to come. the tightest races at this point are nevada and north carolina. the national average of those polled has president obama with a 49.5%, the potential vote 44% for romney. >>>in this weekend's presidential address president obama is calling on congress to help homeowners. >> last week mortgage rates were at historic lows. but instead of helping more and more hard working...
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obama in romney's mock debate sessions. with the two candidates off the trail tuesday, their number two men picked up the slack. campaigning in north carolina vice president biden drew some attention with these comments, discussing the gop ticket's tax plan. >> how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years. >> reporter: the romney campaign pounced on the word buried. campaigning in iowa, paul ryan fired back. >> vice president biden just today said that the middle class over the last four years has been, quote, buried. we agree. that means we need to stop digging by electing mitt romney the next president of the united states. >> reporter: later, the vice president did some damage control, clarifying his remarks. >> the middle class was buried by the policies of romney and ryan supported. >> reporter: 24 hours before the start time of tonight's debate late tuesday, conservatives began circulating a 2007 speech by then candidate obama speaking to an african-american audience ab
obama in romney's mock debate sessions. with the two candidates off the trail tuesday, their number two men picked up the slack. campaigning in north carolina vice president biden drew some attention with these comments, discussing the gop ticket's tax plan. >> how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years. >> reporter: the romney campaign pounced on the word buried. campaigning in iowa, paul ryan fired back. >> vice president...